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It’s Wednesday, and that means another day of early morning punishment at the gym. My back is still sore from the fall two weeks ago, so I am taking it easy.
After the gym, we hit the testing center so Mary could donate a vial of courage (and blood). Since we were practically next door to the Orange Circle, we figured we’d reward ourselves with the Elks’ legendary turkey sandwich… only to remember the Elks doesn’t open until noon. So we basically went: fitness, blood, and then got rejected by a sandwich.
NOTE TO SELF: The Elks in Orange opens for lunch at noon!
We wondered why we were there by ourselves!
The Lodge is relatively small but quite nice, and the people are very friendly!
Since Renata’s was next door, we just went two more doors and had a great Italian lunch with Mary doing the veal piccata while I enjoyed the Penne Sinatra special.
Veal piccata is a classic Italian dish consisting of thin, tender veal cutlets (scallopini) dredged in flour, pan-seared, and served in a bright, tangy sauce made from lemon juice, white wine, butter, and capers. Often prepared in under 30 minutes, it balances delicate meat with a savory, acidic, and buttery pan sauce.
Mary’s favorite.
Returning home, Mary cleaned the house since the house cleaners were coming at 3:00 pm. I headed outside to finish off the drip lines for the veggies we planted yesterday. This required a trip to Home Depot to get three 25′ long soaker hoses and a few other necessities of life. I finished off the garden watering system around 6:00 pm.
Mary came out to help and entertain me.
Mary assisted me in installing the Happy Easter banner on our front fence. With the spotlights on, it really looks pretty sharp!
We get a lot of comments about our home and its decorations.
We finally sat down and watched the last 45 minutes of Avatar while nibbling on yesterday’s leftovers. We also had a bunch of our own strawberries directly from the yard.
One more move called “Watch The Skies”. Summary: Set in Sweden in the 1990s, the film follows Denise, a rebellious teenager who’s never stopped believing her missing father didn’t just abandon her—he may have been taken in connection with a UFO incident. When she crosses paths with a small, ridiculed UFO association called UFO Sweden, she convinces them to help investigate her father’s disappearance.
As they dig into old sightings and strange evidence, their amateur investigation escalates into something much bigger: a real, ongoing phenomenon that powerful people want kept quiet. Denise and the group race to uncover the truth, facing surveillance, danger, and mounting proof that what’s in the sky may be connected to what happened to her father.
At 9:15 pm, we crashed with Mary going off to sleep immediately. I stayed up a while as I got a few bug bites out in the garden, which was driving me crazy (an admittedly short drive). I applied various treatments and finally got the itching under control around midnight,
